Internationally renowned artist Warren Neidich combines photography and performance art in Earthling, an eerie and humorous book of photographs based on his most recent body of work. Featuring an introduction by the well-known critic Barry Schwabsky and an interview with globetrotting curator, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Earthling offers insight into Neidich's original artwork. Often taken in cafés and using newspapers and magazines altered by the artist, these photographs are taken straight from today's headlines. Warren Neidich is currently a research fellow at Goldsmiths College, London. His art work has been internationally exhibited in such institutions as the Whitney Museum of Art, New York City, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Ludwig Museum, Koln, Germany, PS1. Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Island City, New York, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles and the Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota just to name a few. Over the last several years he has been combining photography and performance art. These photographs are the result of his exploration. Often taken in cafes and using found newspapers and magazines, which the artist has altered, the photographs are eerie, humorous and taken straight from today's headlines. 85 colour i1 b/w illustrations
